Glass lamps are so in nowadays. I keep seeing them in malls and can be quite pricey, ranging up to a few thousands depending on the size and details involved. I really like them as a decor, but not really interested in using the lamps. So, I had to resort to other means.

I have an idea on how to go about it, it's more of the availability of the materials that I need to worry about.

For instructions on how to prepare and paint glass bottles, you can watch this video:

This project doesn't take long to finish (depending on the size of the glass bottle that you intend to use). After the paint has dried, I just inverted the pen holder and placed it on top of the bottle. And here they are:

Following the advise of a colleague, I placed an LED light at the mouth of the bottle so that I could really use it as a lamp. Good thing I followed the suggestion because we ended up with something that's still nice to look at at night.

On one of our first journeys to Boshan, we went with our friends from the glass bottle and Storage jar factory. We flew into Qingdao Airport, not the nice new one, the original one very small and quaint where you carried you own luggage from the plane through the single customs gate. Everybody is very excited to have some 'round eyes' coming to visit their city, as this was a long time ago.